Autor: |
Shukla, Isha, Kofman, Nicolas, Balestra, Gioele, Zhu, Lailai, Gallaire, François |
Rok vydání: |
2019 |
Předmět: |
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Druh dokumentu: |
Working Paper |
DOI: |
10.1017/jfm.2019.453 |
Popis: |
We study here experimentally, numerically and using a lubrication approach; the shape, velocity and lubrication film thickness distribution of a droplet rising in a vertical Hele-Shaw cell. The droplet is surrounded by a stationary immiscible fluid and moves purely due to buoyancy. A low density difference between the two mediums helps to operate in a regime with capillary number $Ca$ lying between $0.03-0.35$, where $Ca=\mu_o U_d /\gamma$ is built with the surrounding oil viscosity $\mu_o$, the droplet velocity $U_d$ and surface tension $\gamma$. The experimental data shows that in this regime the droplet velocity is not influenced by the thickness of the thin lubricating film and the dynamic meniscus. For iso-viscous cases, experimental and three-dimensional numerical results of the film thickness distribution agree well with each other. The mean film thickness is well captured by the Aussillous & Qu\'er\'e (2000) model with fitting parameters. The droplet also exhibits the ''catamaran'' shape that has been identified experimentally for a pressure-driven counterpart (Huerre $\textit{et al}$. 2015). This pattern has been rationalized using a two-dimensional lubrication equation. In particular, we show that this peculiar film thickness distribution is intrinsically related to the anisotropy of the fluxes induced by the droplet's motion. |
Databáze: |
arXiv |
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